AFTER THAT SHORT CHASE ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY. HE WASN'T SERIOUSLY HURT. A DEADLY CRASH SHUTTING DOWN TRAFFIC DURING THE BUSY RUSH HOUR AND NOW QUESTIONS ARE RAISED ABOUT HOW TWO SEMIS COLLIDED. THE ACCIDENT LEFT DEBRIS SCATTERED ACROSS THE ROADWAY NEAR 271 IN ORANGE COUNTY. GREG FOX TELLS US, OTHER TRUCK EZ TELL US THEY SEE THIS KIND OF TRAGEDY TOO OFTEN ON THE HIGHWAY. FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE IN ORANGE COUNTY IS NORMALLY VERY BUSY DURING MORNING AND AFTERNOON RUSH HOURS. BUT IT BECAME TOTAL GRIDLOCK AFTER THE COLLISION BETWEEN TWO SEMIS JUST A COUPLE OF MILES DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE TURKEY LAKE PLAZA. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE SUNUP. SLAMMING THE BRAKES ON NORTHBOUND TURNPIKE TRAFFIC BETWEEN WEST COLONIAL DRIVE AND THE 429. TROOPERS SAY, AN ORLANDO TRUCK DRIVER, LARRY JONES, TOLD THEM HE HAD JUST PULLED ON TO THE HIGHWAY FROM THE EMERGENCY LANE AND HAD HIS LIGHTS FLASHING INDICATING HE WAS AT LOWER SPEED WHEN THE OTHER SEMI REAR ENDED THE FIRST TRUCK. A VERY SEVERE COLLISION. THE 35-YEAR-OLD DRIVER AND 36-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER WHO WAS RIDING IN THE SLEEPER PORTION OF THE CAB IN THE FLORIDA BEAUTY EXPRESS FLOWER TRUCK FROM MIAMI WERE EJECTED AND KILLED. JONES WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT. WE TRIED TO TALK WITH HIS BOSSES AT WASTE NOT, INC A RECYCLING HAULER AND A SHARED TRUCKING YARD WITH ANOTHER COMPANY IN ORLANDO. OFFICIALS AT BOTH PLACES DECLINED COMMENT. IF JONES WAS DOING AN EMERGENCY SAFETY CHECK PRIOR TO THE COLLISION HE MAY NOT BE FOUND AT FAULT. THE TRUCK DRIVER THAT DID PULL OFF THE ROAD DID TELL TROOPERS THAT HE WAS CHECKING. HE THOUGHT HE HAD A SAFETY ISSUE WITH A TIRE. SO THAT IS A LEGITIMATE REASON TO BE STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TRUCKERS SAY THEY SEE THESE KINDS OF CRASHES TOO OFTEN BECAUSE DRIVERS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC FAIL TO GAIN PROPER SPEED. IF HE WAS STOPPED THERE IN THE EMERGENCY LANE AND DIDN'T GET UP TO SPEED AND HAVE HIS SIGNAL ON PULL OUT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, HE WOULD BE AT FAULT. AND YOU SEE THIS A LOT? YES. 3 NORTHBOUND LANES OF THE TURNPIKE WERE EFFECTIVELY SHUT DOWN NOT REOPENING AGAIN UNTIL JUST BEFORE NOON.